Texaco Havoline motor oil advertisement with tennis player – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with Texaco Havoline motor oil advertisement with tennis player, a historic image rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Texaco Havoline motor oil advertisement with tennis player
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Here a tennis player is the centerpiece of a motor oil ad, a pairing that looks odd today but made sense in the 1920s and 1930s, when oil companies loaded their print campaigns with sports stars to borrow the athletes' reputations for stamina and reliability. Texaco's Havoline line was promoted as a lubricant that kept engines running clean under strain, and placing a champion beside the product tied that message to physical endurance. Ads like this are worth studying as a window on how American consumers were courted. The board's transportation grouping fits, since the motor oil itself is the real subject, with the athlete serving as a symbol of performance.
| Original scan | 576 × 800 px |
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| Reference | 277 |
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